Olinville Avenue & East 211th Street

Olinville Avenue and East 211th Street meet at a three-way junction in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. City of Faith Church of God is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Gun Hill Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gun Hill Rd
720 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
East Gun Hill Rd/White Plains Rd · Bx28, Bx38
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Olinville Avenue & East 211th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gun Hill Rd, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gun Hill Rd 2, 5
    720 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “My Sun (Mi Sol), My Planet (Mi Planeta) and My City (Mi Ciudad)” (2006) by Andrea Arroyo at the Gun Hill Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Gun Hill Rd/White Plains Rd, 580 feet away, for the Bx28 and Bx38.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Gun Hill Rd/White Plains Rd Bx28, Bx38
    580 feet
    Bx28 Bx38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx28 …
  2. Bx38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hull Ave & E Gun Hill Rd 18 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East Gun Hill Road & Bronx River Parkway, 570 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 641 East Gun Hill Road Gas station
    420 feet
  2. 3474 Putnam Place Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10467
Community board
Bronx Community Board 12
City Council district
12
Police precinct
47
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Williamsbridge-Olinville
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East 211th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Olinville Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Mindbuilders Creative Arts Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. City of Faith Christian School
    1,120 feet
  3. Northeast Bronx Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marcus Garvey Square
    610 feet
  2. D'Onofrio Square
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. City of Faith Church of God House of worship
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Williamsbridge Post Office
    960 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 62/Ladder 32 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 211th Street or Olinville Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.